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Hospice/Palliative Medicine Physician at St. Luke's Health System - Boise, ID summary:

A Hospice/Palliative Medicine Physician at St. Luke's Health System provides expert care to patients with serious illnesses, focusing on improving quality of life through compassionate, interdisciplinary collaboration. The role involves inpatient coverage, potential outpatient expansion, and participation in medical education with no on-call requirements initially. St. Luke's is a leading, physician-led health system in Idaho committed to excellence, offering competitive salary, benefits, and supportive work culture.

Make a Difference Where It Matters Most.

Join St. Luke s, Idaho's largest health system and help us expand access to high-quality palliative care.

We seek a highly skilled and compassionate Board-Certified or Eligible Palliative Physician to join our dynamic interdisciplinary team. Our institution is renowned for its commitment to excellence in healthcare, and our palliative care program plays a crucial role in enhancing the quality of life for our patients facing serious illnesses. We are looking for a candidate who is passionate about palliative medicine and improving the quality of life for patients and their families.

What to Expect

• Collaborate with physicians, APPs, social workers, nurses, chaplains, and other staff
• No call

• Expanding inpatient coverage, including weekends.

• Future opportunities for:

  • Outpatient service expansion

  • Night call coverage

• Great team culture with a highly collegial, multidisciplinary team

Highlights:

• Highly competitive guaranteed base salary with potential production and quality incentives.
• Generous recruitment incentives could include sign on bonus, student loan repayment, training stipend and relocation.
• Hospital employed with great benefits, retirement, malpractice, vacation and CME allowance.
• Medical education opportunities teaching med students and residents.

Why St. Luke s:

St. Luke s Health System is Idaho s largest employer and most awarded health system, with a medical staff of over 1,800 physicians and advanced practice providers. Made up of eight hospitals around central and southern Idaho, we are proud to be the only locally owned and operated, physician-led, not-for-profit health system in the state. St. Luke s has been awarded as one of the Top 15 Health Systems in the country for the eighth consecutive year, designated by IBM Watson Health Analytics. We are committed to providing high quality patient care and positively impacting the lives of those in our community. St. Luke s enjoys an outstanding reputation as both a quality employer and a superior healthcare organization.

About Boise, ID:

Known as the "City of Trees," Boise is Idaho's capital city both a cultural center and a playground for those who love the outdoors. Boise is located on the Boise river in southwestern Idaho. A vibrant downtown area affords fine dining, theatre, music, and college and semi-professional sports. Downtown Boise's main attractions include the Idaho State Capitol, the classic Egyptian Theatre, the Boise Art Museum, our beautiful parks, The Greenbelt that follows the beautiful Boise River corridor for more than 30 miles, and the Boise foothills are home to miles of hiking and biking trails.

For more information on this opportunity, please contact Julia Nigro via email: .

St. Luke s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

Keywords:

Palliative care, Hospice physician, Board-certified doctor, Inpatient care, Patient quality of life, Interdisciplinary healthcare team, Medical education, Chronic illness management, Hospital-employed physician, Idaho healthcare

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